Emerging market bond issuers retreat to dollar

Currency volatility has trimmed ambitions to grow local debt markets, as a record number of dollar-denominated bonds is issued

Emerging markets have shunned their own currencies this year and issued a record number of bonds in dollars.

According to Thomson Reuters, 56% of a total $371bn worth of emerging markets debt was issued in dollars between January and October 24, the highest amount on the data provider's record. In the same period last year, 48% of bonds were issued in the US currency.

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